Job Details:
* Full Time
* Permanent
* Winchester, Hampshire
* Posted 5 days ago
* 39,152.00 - 44,075.00 £ / Year
* Closes: 24 February 2026
Website Winchester City Council
Closing Date: Midnight 24/02/2026
Provisional Interview date: During the week commencing 09/03/2026
Contract Type: Full Time (37 hours) / Permanent
To apply, please click ‘Apply’ above or send your CV and covering letter to hrrecruitment@winchester.gov.uk.
The Role
As a Historic Environment Officer, You Will
* Provide heritage advice for pre-applications, planning applications and appeals relating to new works to historic buildings and in historic contexts
* Provide specialist heritage input into enforcement investigations relating to listed buildings
* Assist in the review of conservation areas and preparation of appraisal documents
* Help to formulate Council policies for the historic environment
* Contribute to guidance and presentations about the historic environment for public and specialist audiences.
* Advise elected members, informally and through committee meetings and presentations
* Support and train planning officers in Heritage and Design matters to ‘grow our own’
About You
Our ideal candidate would be an experienced conservation officer, heritage consultant, or town planner. What is most important to us is finding someone with the right fit, to work proactively and adaptably with us to negotiate and advocate for high quality design in new development. The right candidate will understand what it means to collaborate and engage effectively with a customer and our community stakeholders.
Our offices are based in the heart of Winchester and the successful candidates can benefit from:
* a hybrid working pattern, with up to 50% of your time working remotely
* free parking across the district
* essential car user allowance
* paid Membership fees to your professional body
* paid private healthcare (with optional upgrades)
* Local Government pension scheme, with 18% employer contributions
* Supportive workplace culture, wellbeing support programmes
* discounted bus travel and public transport loans
* volunteering opportunities
If this sounds like the role for you, we would be delighted to hear from you. Please contact Daniel Ayre, Historic Environment Team Leader, for an informal chat about the role on 01962848084 or by email to dayre@winchester.gov.uk.
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